Aspiring Kennedy: 2010

Executive Decision.

With the holidays, traveling, getting back to work,

and the diabetic coma that some of you are in from all the candy & cookies....

... blog land is pretty sleepy.

via

I'm following your lead,

and taking the rest of the week off from blogging.

I'll miss ya...

and am excited to share

some really cool stuff

with you next week!

Gucci Flora: Go ahead, change your life...

And buy this perfume for yourself.

Even if it doesn't change your life-

I promise,

it will make you smell amazing.

{... and irresistible, or so I'm told.}

Gucci Flora

It's pretty & floral, but with a sweetly fresh balance.

{And I bet you're going to like it.}

Tea Time.

It's the week after Christmas.

After a month of parties

with endless binging of all things... bad,

I. Am. Feeling. It.

In hopes of redeeming my innards

before the damage is compounded

with New Year's festivities around the corner,

I'm swapping pie for tea

These days I'm sipping...

Marks & Spencer Tea

This trio is a staple in our cupboards,

but I'm really loving the Detox this week

in my efforts to ... purge.

Description: A cleansing green tea with a rich peppermint undertones.

Price: £2.29 per box

Mighty Leaf Green Tea Tropical

The first tea that I loved...

and I promise you will, too!

Description: A crisp green tea that trades typical muskiness for light, fruity notes.

Price: $7.96 per box

Tazo Orange Tea & Passion Tea

Both of these teas are fantastic hot- but I also love them on ice.

Each of them have such unique flavors.

It's a great way to switch out for something new.

Description: Fruity flavors set the tones for these, and their bright colors will liven your breakfast table.

Price: $9.90 per box

Monday Moods: I feel... Jostled.

After my own version of

trains, planes, & automobiles...

we made it home for

Christmas Eve!

And the best part?

Getting upgraded for our flight home.

Thank you, American Airlines,

for the best Christmas present.

Our flight turned into an experience we typically try

to black out through from buckle to buckle

into ten hours of pampered giddiness.

Ahh...

Menus offering fillets & fine wine,
enormous crystal goblets of Ben & Jerry's,
fully flat beds,
on demand movies,
enormous bathrooms,
& leaving with new best friends in the flight crew...

{I'm sure a Kennedy would be non-chalant about flying first class-
but I can only claim to aspire to such cool behavior!}

Have you ever been upgraded?

And if so, how did you ever go back to coach?

{Xanax, Ambien... ???}

A Merry Little Christmas.

Merry Christmas, friends.

Thank you for your daily gifts of

support, kindness, & love

throughout the past year.

I treasure our friendships dearly!

Twas the flight before Christmas...

We've been stranded in England

during this crazy snow...

and are desperately trying to make it home for Christmas!

{Our Christmas card has more meaning today than I originally thought...}

This morning, we are hopping on a flight
in hopes of making it home
just in time for Christmas Eve...
{for a bit of a Christmas miracle!}

Until then,
we will be getting cozy this Christmas Eve
on our 11-hour flight, jam-packed, flight home
with these in-flight essentials...

Carrie Diaries {remember my signed copy?!} / my laptop / Labello chapstick
the homely-but-homey stocking I'm making for Tyler / Gap cable knit booties

{Are than any great items I'm missing from my line-up?}

I hope you're getting cozy wherever you may be
with the ones you love most!

Snow Way!

Have you been hearing me

yack all over twitter

about our travel woes from the snow storm this week?

In case you think I'm just crazy

{which I could be...},

here are some pics from our week.

OXFORD

The morning it all started...

later that night...

My sister arrived... and the scene was oh-so-Cameron Diaz in The Holiday. Right?

LONDON:

Sitting around London waiting for flights out...

and doing our best to pass the time with places like:

Notting Hill, Covent Garden, Trafalgar Square, & Knightsbridge...

... and, the amazing Christmas festival

that I talked about on Monday.

We stayed on Jermyn Street across from

Fortnum & Mason.

Not only is the inside of their store perfect-

but the window displays were, too.

When we couldn't take the cold any longer-

we would retreat...

to eat.

PizzaEast

is a killer restaurant

that Helena took me to earlier in the week.

Too much, too soon?

Never.

{If you go, may I recommend the chocolate salted-caramel tart?... or the donuts?}

So I guess you needn't feel too sorry for us

considering the location, fine fare, and covered expenses...

In fact... I would do it all over again in a heartbeat!

But I will tell you this:

I'm waking up in 5 hours

to catch a flight home.

Because there really is no place like home for the holidays!

12 Days of Christmas: Unwrap- Up.

...a fig candle & a tea towel

that's left me merry!

{did you catch that killer rhyme action...}

Thank you, Piper, for the great gift!

{Both which I have seen at One Sydney Road, and am THRILLED to have in our home!}

Well, I am the end of the gift exchange.

The old caboose.

{I did kick it off though with that awesome necklace for Beth...}

Thanks to all bloggers, readers, & friends

who followed along with

Aspiring Splendor's

12 Days of Christmas.

It was FUN getting to do the gift exchange...

and I can't wait to do more in the future!

Merry Christmas, friends!

Alluring Kennedy: Love Actually

Welcome back, Laura, of
the ever cool men's fashion site,
Something Legit.

Today she brings us a
Christmas Miracle
in the form of the men
of my FAVORITE move....

I feel it in my fingers, I feel it in my toes!

I love Love Actually season.

I could watch this holiday movie EVERYDAY.

Last year Aspiring Kennedy made me a banofee pie and hot chocolate
as we curled up to watch this flick.

{and it changed both of our lives...}

Every aspect from scenery around London, Natalie's Red Coat, the Mariah Carey cover, and Hot Karl.

Lets take a look at the Alluring Kennedy's that make this movie so enjoyable.

"The Prime Minister"

Hugh Grant